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Pageant 32+33 Review. Warren G. Harding. Elected in 1920 by promising “Return to Normalcy” Suffered from a scandalous cabinet Dies Aug 2, 1923. American Attitudes. Denounced radical foreign ideas Condemned un-American life-styles Shunned diplomatic commitments to foreign countries - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Pageant 32+33 Review
Warren G. Harding
• Elected in 1920 by promising “Return to Normalcy”
• Suffered from a scandalous cabinet
• Dies Aug 2, 1923
American Attitudes
• Denounced radical foreign ideas
• Condemned un-American life-styles
• Shunned diplomatic commitments to foreign countries
• Restricted immigration
Red Scare
• Fear of international Communism
• Lead to the Palmer Raids
KKK
• Anti-
– Immigrant
– Catholic
– Jewish
Immigration Quota System
• Discriminated directly against southern and eastern Europeans
Prohibition
• Supported by the South and West
• Supported by women's groups and business owners
• Volstead Act met most resistance in Eastern cities
Calvin Coolidge
• Takes over when Harding dies
• Former Governor of Massachusetts
• Makes reputation by breaking the Boston police strike
• Decides not to run in 1928
Al Capone• Famous gangster
• Ran operation in Chicago
Flapper Girls
• Symbolized the care free attitude of many
Charles Lindbergh
• First to fly solo across the Atlantic
Scopes Trial• Dealt with teaching of evolution in public
schools
• Showcased differences between progressives and fundamentalists
Consumer Debt
• Involved with “prosperity” of decade
• People buying many goods on credit
• Buying on Margin- purchasing stock with little money down
Henry Ford
• Produced relatively cheap cars
Automobile Revolution• Led to-
– Consolidation of schools
– Spread of suburbs
– Loss of population in less attractive states
– Altered youthful sexual behavior
Radio and Motion Pictures
• KDKA- first radio station (Pittsburgh)
• Movies- talkies by the end of the decade
• Caused a loss of the diversity of immigrant culture
Harlem Renaissance
• Flourishing of African American art, literature and music
1920s Census
• Most people lived in cities
Jobs for Women
• Tended to cluster in a few low-paying fields
Albert Fall
• Harding’s Secretary of Interior
• Involved in Teapot Dome Scandal- corrupt handling of naval oil reserves
Economic Policies
• Actively assisted business
• Andrew Mellon- believed in rapid expansion of capital investing
Muller and Adkins Cases
• Focused on the treatment of women in the work place
Disarmament
• Businesspeople were unwilling to help pay for a larger US navy
Kellogg-Briand Pact
• Outlawed War as a solution to international rivalry
Farmers
• No more WWI government purchases
• Mechanization was expensive, so farmers produced more
• Set themselves up for disaster by overproducing
Progressive Party
• Hurt by the prosperity of the 1920s
• People didn’t want economic change
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
• Increased tariff rates
• Made it difficult for European nations to sell good in US
• Unable to raise money to repay WW I loans
WW I War Debts
• US insisted GB and France pay debts in full
• GB and France demanded reparation payments from Germany
Washington Naval Conference• Set limits on naval tonnage-
• Great Britain and US- 525,000 tons
• Japan- 315,000 tons
• Allowed Japan to fortify Eastern possessions
9 Power Treaty
• Assured an Open Door with China
Dawes Plan
• US Banker make loans to Germany
• Germany pays reparations to GB and France
• GB and France pay WWI loans to US
US
Germany Great Britain + France
Hawley Smoot Tariff
• Deepened the world wide depression
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
• Established under Hoover to provide aid to business and local governments
• Made loans to businesses and banks
Bonus Expeditionary Force
• Wanted payments for WW I service
• Payments were not due until 1945
Stimson Doctrine
• US would not recognize territorial gains achieved by force
Herbert Hoover
• Easily defeats Alfred E. Smith in the election of 1928
Hoover and the Great Depression
• Offered federal assistance to businesses and banks, but not individuals